Team "Slim Diva" set up a booth at a street fair yesterday. What an awesome day! Even when it rained - and oh yeah, did it rain! - we made great connections with people. We were talking with a very nice man, a body-builder type who wants to increase his lean muscle mass, when the skies opened up...and then the wind whipped up and started blowing away people's tents! There were only two of us working the booth at the moment (me and Lauren) and our arms weren't long enough to hold down all four sides of the tent, so this guy just grabbed on and stayed with us until the storm had passed. We didn't even have to ask! Thanks again, Malik, wherever you are!
We had various helpers who joined us for parts of the day, but Lauren and I were there from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. Eleven hours. Physically we were exhausted by the time we got home. But mentally, we were jazzed. We met soooo many people and had tons of great conversations about how we can help them achieve their health (and wealth) goals. Now begins the work of following up with the 100+ people who were interested enough to give us their information. Whew! I can't wait to do it again!
Monday, June 30, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
Funny Business
If you ask 10 people what network marketing is about, probably 11 of them would tell you "Sales."
But I don't believe it's about sales at all, I believe it's about listening. Listening to what people say - and to what they mean - and then showing them how I can help.
So who are the best listeners in the world? Besides therapists and maybe bartenders, I think it's comedians. Especially comedians who specialize in stand-up or improv.
Stand-ups have to be engaging; they have to know how to "read" their audience. Improvisers have to be able to go with the flow, building on what the other person in the conversation gives them. These are all golden skills for networkers. And, yes, they're skills anyone can learn. But with comedians, they're standard equipment.
So I'm on the lookout for comics. And I'm currently talking to two of them: One I met at an audition - he was my partner in an improv scene and we made the auditioners laugh, a lot. And another whose business card I found on the bulletin board in a sandwich shop 250 miles from where he lives. It was pinned up alongside cards from a motley collection of Realtors, tutors, and a woman who'll assemble your scrapbook for you. (I'll be calling all of those folks, too - and some of them may even make themselves - and me - some money, but I don't expect any of them to make me laugh.)
But I don't believe it's about sales at all, I believe it's about listening. Listening to what people say - and to what they mean - and then showing them how I can help.
So who are the best listeners in the world? Besides therapists and maybe bartenders, I think it's comedians. Especially comedians who specialize in stand-up or improv.
Stand-ups have to be engaging; they have to know how to "read" their audience. Improvisers have to be able to go with the flow, building on what the other person in the conversation gives them. These are all golden skills for networkers. And, yes, they're skills anyone can learn. But with comedians, they're standard equipment.
So I'm on the lookout for comics. And I'm currently talking to two of them: One I met at an audition - he was my partner in an improv scene and we made the auditioners laugh, a lot. And another whose business card I found on the bulletin board in a sandwich shop 250 miles from where he lives. It was pinned up alongside cards from a motley collection of Realtors, tutors, and a woman who'll assemble your scrapbook for you. (I'll be calling all of those folks, too - and some of them may even make themselves - and me - some money, but I don't expect any of them to make me laugh.)
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